Weapon Wheel

In Assassins Creed III you will have a Weapon Wheel which you can access by holding the R2 button on Playstation 3 and LB button on Xbox 360. It contains weapons and tools. This time around the name is a misnomer, the layout of this menu no longer resembles a wheel. All of your primary weapons are on the left side of the screen which mostly consist of blades and other close range combat weapons. The right side of the screen houses your secondary weapons, which are long ranged weapons such as the pistol or rope dart. Using the left joystick selects the primary, and the right joystick for the secondary. Using the Weapon Wheel you can also select up to four weapons to instantly switch to using the direction pad. Just highlight the weapon of choice and hit the direction pad button you want to set it to.